The Low Life

Product Description:

A bitter college graduate dreams of becoming a Hollywood script writer, while he struggles with poverty, menial temp jobs, an obsequious roommate and awkward romantic relationships. Acerbic comedy in the "Gen-X" style.

Plot Synopsis:

This black comedy explores the dreary lives of a group of frustrated college graduates in Los Angeles.
After finishing his studies at Yale, John travels to Hollywood with dreams of finding success as an author. However, things don't quite work out. Along with his buddies from college, John spends much of his time goofing around. With his writing going nowhere, he takes a temporary job working for a credit card company, and then for a slum lord.
Into John's life steps Andrew, a nerd who becomes his new roommate. Friendly to an extreme, Andrew quickly is made the target of abuse by John and his friends, who can't bear the newcomer's niceness.
Meanwhile, John also repulses the advances of a pretty Southern floozy who keeps coming on to him.
Will John and his slacker buddies manage to find a direction for their aimless lives?

Plot Keywords:

Comedy | Coming Of Age | Drama | Friends | Theatrical Release

Exerpts:

"What kind of person would you be if you spent $857 at Basket World?" -- John (RORY COCHRANE)

"It makes me want to go on a killing spree." -- Chad (RON LIVINGSTON), about the dead-end nature of his life.

"I'm broke. I'm frustrated. I don't have any health insurance." -- Leonard (CHRISTIAN MEOLI)

Production Notes:

• Produced in association with Autumn Pictures.
• Color by Foto-Kem.
• Premiered at the 1995 Boston Film Festival.
• Voted One of the Top Ten Films of the Year by the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
• Shown at the L.A. Independent Film Festival March 29, 1995.
• Released theatrically in Boston May 31, 1996.
• Additional cast: Brent J. Williams (Uncle Darr)
• Includes the song "Only the Young," by Journey.
• Copyright 1995 Low Life Productions, Ltd.

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